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What Would Rwandan Paul Kagame Do?

August 11, 2010

By David O’Brian, AfroAmerica Network Editor.Cartoon: credit AgaculamamuKibundaAfroAmerica Network has been following with ambivalence the election process in Rwanda. Ambivalence because for one, in the absence of a serious challenge, Paul Kagame was a sure successor to himself, and most importantly because, despite our persistent criticisms of how Paul Kagame is leading Rwanda, AfroAmerice Network [...]

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Captain Gakwerere: Resume of A Professional Assassin

August 5, 2010

Rwandan Intelligence Operative  Captain Francis Gakwerere: A Resume of a Professional Assassin The South African Ambassador to Rwanda, Gladstone Dumisani Gwadiso, has been recalled for consultations to Johannesburg, the South African Director General of Foreign Affairs, Ayanda Ntsaluba, told the press in Johannesburg today. The recall deepens the simmering row between  Rwanda and South Africa. [...]

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Rwanda Bordering Disaster, Political Experts Say

August 3, 2010

Rwanda on the Brink of the Abyss, American Political Experts Say Steven McDonald, Consulting Director, African Program at  Woodrow Wilson Center for Scolars in Washington, DC is a rare breed of experts on Africa. A former press assistant to Senator Stuart Symington, he served as a foreign service officer in several U.S. Embassies in Africa, [...]

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Rwandan Dossier Kayumba and Karenzi: Part 3

July 30, 2010

As we announced on Monday July 5, 2010 (see article “Rwandan Dossier Against Kayumba and Karenzi: Part I & II here), AfroAmerica has obtained from our invaluable sources original copies of the dossier concocted by the Rwandan Government  and sent to the South African Government and INTERPOL requesting the arrest and extradition of  the exiled [...]

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US and UK Taxpayers Footing the Bill of the Rwandan Repression

July 14, 2010

The Rwandan government has recently been the subject of widespread international criticisms for its appalling human rights record, assassinations and assassination attempts on independent journalists and opposition figures,  and systematic repression against the opposition and the independent media in general.  Rwandans are suffering from the abuses, but the Taxpayers from the West are bearing the [...]

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UN SG Fires MONUSCO Force Commander

July 13, 2010

Sources at the United Nations in New York tell AfroAmerica Network that the UN Secretary General has fired the Force Commander of  United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the COngo (MONUSCO),  Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye from Senegal. The dismissal of Lt General Babacar Gaye follows acknowledgment by the UN Security Council [...]

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Rwandan Dossier Against Kayumba and Karenzi: Part II

July 11, 2010

As we announced on Monday July 5, 2010 (see article “Rwandan Dossier Against Kayumba and Karenzi: Part I here),, AfroAmerica has obtained from our invaluable sources original copies of the dossier concocted by the Rwandan Government  and sent to the South African Government and INTERPOL requesting the arrest and extradition of  the exiled Rwandan General [...]

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Is Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister Mushikiwabo on the Way Out?

July 11, 2010

Sources in Rwanda tell AfroAmerica Network  that Louise Mushikiwabo is on her way out. “The decision is pretty much done. She will be gone just after the elections,” the sources told AfroAmerica Network. “She has become a hot potato right now. After the BBC debacle, the blunder in Peter Erlinder  case, and now the row [...]

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Great Britain Presses Rwanda Government on Human Rights

July 6, 2010

In a tense exchange today Tuesday July 6, 2010, the British House of the Commons has quizzed officials of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (British Ministry of Foreign Affairs) regarding the on-going repression and assassinations in Rwanda and the role the British Government has played or is expected to play. The FCO officials included the [...]

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Rwanda Confirms Being Targeted by South African Assassination Investigation

July 6, 2010

Today,  Tuesday July 6, 2010, Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister, Ms. Louise Mushikiwabo, confirmed that South African Police arrested Captain Francis Gakwerere  and then released him and that South African Police investigation in the assassination attempt  on the exiled Rwandan General Kayumba Nyamwasa  is implicating the Rwandan Government and intelligence operatives. Captain Francis Gakwerere was supposed [...]

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